Nomen Earning Fame in Fields of Exploration
A 1920s profile of women geographers overturning "woman's place" norms. It highlights the Society of Women Geographers founded 1925 by Harjet Chambers Adams, noting members like Mary Hastings Bradley, Elizabeth Dickey, Gertrude Emerson, Marian Bell Fairchild, Margaret Mead, Blair Niles, Annie S. Peck and their global explorations from Sumatra to the Andes and Iberian regions.
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Washington
Antarctic Harrier
Maliyast Jumgte
Society of Woman Geographers
Harjet Chambers Adams
United States
Continents
Sumatra
Devil's Island
Guana
Iberia
Adams
Spain
Africa
Mediterranean
Mary Hastings Bradley
Padang Highlands
French Equatorial Africa
Elizabeth Dickey
Brazil
Venezuela
Maipures Rapid
Orinoco River
Museum of the American Indian
Asia
Gertrude Emerson
Nepal
Marian Bell Fairchild
Java
Ceylon
Margaret Mead
Admiralty Islands
Bismarck Archipelago
Manus
Blair Niles
French Guiana
Hollywood
Peas
Salvation Army
Europe
America
Annie S. Peck
Lima, Geographic Society
Anna Peck
Mount
Careers For Young Girls in the Commercial World
Washington reports the U S Bureau of Education says high school training in domestic science opens careers for girls beyond marriage. Dieticians in hotels and hospitals, catering and tea rooms, supervising social groups, and designing goods can all be pursued. Training may lead to buyers or sales positions in men’s wear, house furnishings and related businesses as girls enter commerce.
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Washington
U. S. Bureau of Education
Bureau
Schools to lead consumer training over advertising
The bureau urged cooperation with schools to train consumers in retail selection. It warned that education advertising by producers may cause unwise spending unless educational institutions teach fundamentals of selection discrimination and critical attitude.
Del Norte Bends to Modernism in Crescent City
Crescent City writer proclaims civilization has arrived in Del Norte County as modern developments sweep the isolated region, signaling cultural and infrastructural changes.
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del Norte
Crescent City
Cal
California
Lan Hotel Elevates Crescent City Tourism with Elevator
Loggers and woodsmen from the Redwood area visit Crescent City on paydays, ride the new Lan hotel elevator, and explore the coast. Crescent City lies near the Oregon line, about a hundred miles from the nearest allroad terminal, with travel previously by steamer. The Redwood highway extension from Eureka to Oregon brings many tourists to Del Norte County for the first time, as the Lan Hotel provides modern accommodation for visitors.
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Redwood
Crescent City
San Francisco
Eureka
Oregon
del Norte County
del Norte
MEDICINE MAN POTIONS STILL FAVORED BY INDIANS
Milwaukee reports botanist Huron Smith lived with the Oneida in northern Wisconsin to study Indigenous cures. He notes remedies include milkweed milk for warts and plant extracts for headaches while warning that divorces rise from one in 14 marriages in 1887 to one in 75 now.
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Milwaukee
Smith
Wisconsin
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Grafton, Ohio
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Elyria
Mason Tire Shop
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